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- catalog abstract ""Henry Petroski has been called "the poet laureate of technology." He is one of the most eloquent and inquisitive science and engineering writers of our time, illuminating with new clarity such familiar objects as pencils, books, and bridges. In Paperboy he turns his intellectual curiosity inward, on his own past.". "Petroski grew up in the Cambria Heights section of New York City's borough of Queens during the 1950s, in the midst of a close and loving family. Educated at local Catholic schools, he worked as a delivery boy for the Long Island Press. The job taught him lessons about diligence, labor, commitment, and community-mindedness, lessons that this successful student could not learn at school. From his vantage point as a professor, engineer, and writer, Petroski reflects fondly on these lessons, and on his near-idyllic boyhood.". "Paperboy is also the story of the intellectual maturation of an engineer. Petroski's curiosity about how things work - from bicycles to Press-books to newspaper delivery routes - was evident even in his youth. He writes with clear-eyed passion about the physical surroundings of his world, the same attitude he has brought to examining the quotidian objects of our world."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog alternative "Confessions of a future engineer".
- catalog contributor b12483984.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Henry Petroski has been called "the poet laureate of technology." He is one of the most eloquent and inquisitive science and engineering writers of our time, illuminating with new clarity such familiar objects as pencils, books, and bridges. In Paperboy he turns his intellectual curiosity inward, on his own past.".".
- catalog description ""Paperboy is also the story of the intellectual maturation of an engineer. Petroski's curiosity about how things work - from bicycles to Press-books to newspaper delivery routes - was evident even in his youth. He writes with clear-eyed passion about the physical surroundings of his world, the same attitude he has brought to examining the quotidian objects of our world."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description ""Petroski grew up in the Cambria Heights section of New York City's borough of Queens during the 1950s, in the midst of a close and loving family. Educated at local Catholic schools, he worked as a delivery boy for the Long Island Press. The job taught him lessons about diligence, labor, commitment, and community-mindedness, lessons that this successful student could not learn at school. From his vantage point as a professor, engineer, and writer, Petroski reflects fondly on these lessons, and on his near-idyllic boyhood.".".
- catalog extent "x, 364 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Paperboy.".
- catalog identifier "0375413537 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0375718982 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Paperboy.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House,".
- catalog relation "Paperboy.".
- catalog spatial "New York (State) New York".
- catalog subject "974.7/243043/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Civil engineers New York (State) New York Biography.".
- catalog subject "Paperboys New York (State) New York Biography.".
- catalog subject "Petroski, Henry.".
- catalog subject "TA140.P43 A3 2002".
- catalog title "Confessions of a future engineer".
- catalog title "Paperboy : confessions of a future engineer / Henry Petroski.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".